MSU student mascot, “Bully”, expected to make full recovery after Egg Bowl accident

Mississippi State’s female student mascot “Bully” underwent surgery Friday morning after suffering a compound fracture during the Egg Bowl according to university officials.

Michaela Mills, who was wearing the mascot costume, had emergency surgery Thursday night after being take out of Davis Wade Stadium on a stretcher. Doctors performed another Friday morning. She is expected to make a full recovery and is wake and well this morning.

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Michael Bonner started as the Mississippi State beat writer in May of 2013. A Syracuse grad, he grew up in Massachusetts and now calls Starkville home. You can read his work online at clarionledger.com and follow him on Twitter @MikeBBonner.